...[In the beginning of July], Walmart staff across China have launched a series of wildcat strikes against the company’s new working-hours system, in an unprecedented bout of nationwide co-ordination by workers.

Workers’ demands include scrapping a new system that allows managers to flexibly schedule an unlimited number of hours per day totalling up to 174 hours per month, with no overtime pay. Walmart responded by saying that a majority of the staff they had contacted were in favour of the changes….